- Date
- April 27, 1984, 07:27 local (12:27 UTC)
- Place
- Marco, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81701Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840427014749A
- Case key
- 31131
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flt departed fort myers, FL at 0550 & arrived at key west, FL at 0655. The flt then departed key west at 0710 for the return flt. At 0722, the plt reported to ARTCC that he was experiencing eng failure & could get no fuel pressure. The acft was ditched 29 mi south of Marco, FL in the gulf Mexico. The plt stated that on departure from fort myers, he estimated he had 40-50 gals of fuel using the cockpit gages. He did not check the mechanical gages in the wings, which had just been changed & calibrated on 3/6/84. The plt, who had previously flown the acft, estimated there was about 20 gals of fuel on board when he parked the acft. The acft was not refuel prior to departing fort myers or at key west.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81701
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-820627
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl H. Peltzer
- Registered owner
- Leon J. Philibert Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1984 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- EYW · Key West, FL
- Destination
- EMY · Fort Myers, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 632 total · 10 in this make and model · 502 as pilot in command · 124 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 55 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.